Sale reports / Arkansas / Cleburne County Livestock Auction / 2020-01-27

Cleburne County Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Heber Springs, Arkansas · Mon, Jan 27
● Final72 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2055
Feeder Cattle receipts
185 head
▼ 30 vs last sale 215▲ 185 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
20 head
▲ 6 vs last sale 14▲ 20 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
14 head
▲ 9 vs last sale 5▲ 14 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder steers and bulls sold 2.00 to 5.00 higher. Feeder heifers sold steady to 2.00 lower. Slaughter cows sold mostly 4.00 higher. Slaughter bulls sold 4.00 higher.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $132.57/cwt on 62 head.
Average price
$132.57
62 head · 450 lb average
Value per head Derived
$596
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$70
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$6.56/cwt at this weight
vs the market
−4.73
vs AR average

Price by quality 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1462135.2162537
Medium and Large 2431128.6555525
One grade step is worth $6.56/cwt here — about $70 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale62 hd
132.57
—
AR average8 barns · 553 hd
137.30
−4.73
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—High1,79080.001,4322thin
CowsBoner 80-85%High1,16953.956315thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,58045.007111thin
CowsLean 85-90%High88440.003547thin

Every lot

72 lots · USDA AMS · Cleburne County Livestock Auction - Heber Springs, AR
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers18 lots · lightest first
Steers—Medium and Large 1318195.60/cwt193.00–198.006222
Steers—Medium and Large 2360154.00/cwt154.00–154.005541
Steers—Medium and Large 1373172.52/cwt170.00–175.006432
Steers—Medium and Large 1408156.02/cwt152.00–160.006372
Steers—Medium and Large 3423119.06/cwt110.00–126.005043
Steers—Medium and Large 2427135.60/cwt130.00–151.005795
Steers—Medium and Large 2468131.65/cwt126.00–135.006163
Steers—Medium and Large 1470162.00/cwt162.00–162.007611
Steers—Medium and Large 3478116.89/cwt110.00–124.005592
Steers—Medium and Large 1520154.13/cwt145.00–161.008013
Steers—Medium and Large 2524131.77/cwt126.00–139.006907
Steers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy525120.00/cwt120.00–120.006301
Steers—Medium and Large 3530124.00/cwt124.00–124.006571
Steers—Medium and Large 2564129.03/cwt126.00–134.007285
Steers—Medium and Large 3565112.00/cwt112.00–112.006331
Steers—Medium and Large 1570146.00/cwt146.00–146.008321
Steers—Medium and Large 2613131.02/cwt130.00–132.008032
Steers—Medium and Large 1625142.00/cwt142.00–142.008881
Feeder Cattle · Heifers18 lots · lightest first
Heifers—Medium and Large 2265141.00/cwt141.00–141.003741
Heifers—Medium and Large 1305148.39/cwt142.00–155.004532
Heifers—Medium and Large 2327139.68/cwt134.00–149.004573
Heifers—Medium and Large 1378145.95/cwt142.00–150.005526
Heifers—Medium and Large 2380128.08/cwt120.00–135.004874
Heifers—Medium and Large 2413127.20/cwt120.00–134.005256
Heifers—Medium and Large 1421139.24/cwt135.00–151.005869
Heifers—Medium and Large 2472127.97/cwt120.00–135.006047
Heifers—Medium and Large 1474133.61/cwt130.00–137.006337
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy495118.00/cwt118.00–118.005841
Heifers—Medium and Large 2Thin Fleshed515114.00/cwt114.00–114.005871
Heifers—Medium and Large 1521130.99/cwt128.00–134.006827
Heifers—Medium and Large 2545126.00/cwt126.00–126.006871
Heifers—Medium and Large 2560123.00/cwt123.00–123.006891
Heifers—Medium and Large 1580123.05/cwt120.00–126.007142
Heifers—Medium and Large 1Fleshy595112.00/cwt112.00–112.006661
Heifers—Medium and Large 1608124.49/cwt122.00–127.007572
Heifers—Medium and Large 2610122.00/cwt122.00–122.007441
Feeder Cattle · Bulls19 lots · lightest first
Bulls—Medium and Large 1270186.00/cwt186.00–186.005021
Bulls—Medium and Large 3310129.00/cwt129.00–129.004001
Bulls—Medium and Large 1325188.00/cwt188.00–188.006111
Bulls—Medium and Large 2355155.00/cwt155.00–155.005501
Bulls—Medium and Large 1388164.00/cwt164.00–164.006361
Bulls—Medium and Large 2427138.91/cwt130.00–144.005933
Bulls—Medium and Large 1433161.06/cwt159.00–163.006972
Bulls—Medium and Large 1473153.90/cwt147.00–161.0072810
Bulls—Medium and Large 2474141.80/cwt137.00–147.006725
Bulls—Medium and Large 3503117.99/cwt116.00–120.005932
Bulls—Medium and Large 2515136.59/cwt127.00–146.007032
Bulls—Medium and Large 1516139.16/cwt130.00–148.007185
Bulls—Medium and Large 1Fleshy565119.51/cwt119.00–120.006752
Bulls—Medium and Large 1570132.99/cwt131.00–135.007584
Bulls—Medium and Large 2593126.00/cwt125.00–127.007472
Bulls—Medium and Large 1610122.50/cwt120.00–125.007472
Bulls—Medium and Large 2645122.00/cwt122.00–122.007871
Bulls—Medium and Large 2673122.53/cwt120.00–125.008252
Bulls—Medium and Large 1735119.00/cwt119.00–119.008751
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls2 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,79084.00/cwt84.00–84.001,5041
Bulls——1,79076.00/cwt76.00–76.001,3601
Slaughter Cattle · Cows7 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight78531.48/cwt28.00–35.002472
Cows—Lean 85-90%Light Weight86540.53/cwt35.00–46.003512
Cows—Lean 85-90%94846.00/cwt46.00–46.004362
Cows—Lean 85-90%99544.00/cwt44.00–44.004381
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,16349.61/cwt48.00–52.005772
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,17356.84/cwt54.00–62.006673
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,58045.00/cwt45.00–45.007111
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows5 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium 1-2660450.00/cwt450.00–450.002,9701
Bred Cows—Medium 1-2805550.00/cwt550.00–550.004,4281
Bred Cows—Medium 1-2808601.76/cwt550.00–660.004,8622
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,10346.82/cwt45.00–48.005162
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,218993.61/cwt980.00–1,010.0012,1022
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows3 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-291158.94/cwt56.00–64.005374
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,04549.00/cwt49.00–49.005121
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,05560.00/cwt60.00–60.006331

This sale against other markets

Arkansas weighted averages
One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Arkansas auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.